"Art without morals, art which receives from the decadents the usurped title of "pure beauty," and before which they burn incense gathered as before a diabolical idol—it results from the lack of morality in the life from which it is born and which surrounds it , decays as art and becomes caprice, debauchery and swindle; the artist no longer serves the art, but the art serves the artist as a lowly slave, for his personal and insignificant needs...
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Nicolai HartmannAll Translations
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Art without morals, art which receives from the decadents the usurped title of "pure beauty," and before which they burn incense gathered as before a diabolical idol—it results from the lack of morality in the life from which it is born and which surrounds it , decays as art and becomes caprice, debauchery and swindle; the artist no longer serves the art, but the art serves the artist as a lowly slave, for his personal and insignificant needs...
""Arta fără morală, arta care primește din partea decadenților titlul uzurpat de „frumusețe pură”, și în fața căreia ei ard tămâie adunați ca în fața unui idol diabolic - ea urmare a lipsei de moralitate în viața din care ea se naște și care o înconjoară, se descompune ca artă și devine capriciu, desfrâu și escrocherie; artistul nu mai servește arta, ci arta slujește artistului ca o sclavă josnică, pentru nevoile lui personale și neînsemnate..."